Job Snapshot

Job Description

We are currently seeking an Vice President to lead Corporate Solutions relationships with multiple Higher Education and Government Clients nationwide. With real estate typically being one of the top three costs for Public Institutions, having the right real estate partner is critical to performance. Real estate strategy, well-delivered, can provide significant cost savings to our clients. This role will provide leadership, strategy, and direction for several account relationships.

Our Corporate Solutions platform not only promotes greater operational efficiency and reduces delivery risk, but also creates additional value, allowing for innovation and collaboration on all assignments regardless of size. Through delivery of integrated services including transactions, project management, property and facility management and lease administration JLL​ enables the elimination of redundant activities and the excessive oversight and gaps that may occur when managing multiple providers. The outcome is greater efficiency, risk management and sustainability for our clients. This position can be located in any major City in the Eastern half of the U.S.

Major responsibilities:

The Vice President is accountable for developing and implementing a strategic account plans which delight our clients and ensures a healthy long-term relationship. The role anticipates client needs, delivers to outperform on key performance indicators and builds financial plans to exceed growth and profitability targets. The position creates and manages high performing teams, which stay engaged and thriving. With an understanding of JLL’s strategic initiatives, the Vice President can translate emerging thought leadership, products and services into viable client and business opportunities.

Primary responsibilities include:

Delivering High Client Satisfaction

Aligns with client on key priorities and executes a strategic account plan that delivers against those priorities

Lead ongoing new client transitions as well as existing client relationship management

Communicates well at an executive level, but also deeply knowledgeable in operational detail and able to engage tactically as required.

Lead large initiatives as well as rolling up sleeves on smaller projects ensuring service delivery is high quality and exceeds client expectations

Anticipates needs, responds to client issues in an expedient and professional manner

Builds lasting relationships quickly

Building and Managing High Performing Teams

Hires, attracts and retains a team of top talent employees; improves team performance through regular coaching and feedback; provides recognition

Understands client’s key business drivers; focuses the team to ensure those priorities are aligned with our deliverables

Embodies the firm’s values and core behaviors of collaboration, integrity and excellence

Advances the firm’s diversity and inclusion priorities by focusing on hiring, rotation and promotion

Identify and groom successor candidates to Account Manager role

Achieving Financial Results

Develops the budget, manages to ensure plan is met or exceeded in growth and profitability

Retains all appropriate business lines and expands business beyond existing product lines or geographies

Develops compliance program to mitigate risk, ensures A/R is maintained within requirements

Adept at leading competitive contract renewals in partnership with Solutions Development

Proactively reaches out to other accounts to ensure leading practices are being delivered

Becomes internal reference for best in class service delivery

Recognizes opportunities for account growth, articulates the JLL value proposition and ensures best practice implementation across the delivery platform

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university, MBA preferred

An expert in the corporate real estate industry, with track record of exceptional performance

Global experience – has lived or worked in multiple regions, or succeeded in prior leadership roles with global responsibility

10+ years of leadership experience in Account Management, Facilities Management, and Transaction Management with Higher Education and/or Government entities.

Travel

The ideal candidate is able to manage considerable travel, sometimes with short notice.

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JLL Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

JLL is committed to developing and maintaining a diverse workforce. JLL strongly believes in equal opportunity extended to all individuals in all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination without regard to race, color, religion, belief, creed, age, sex, pregnancy or maternity (including childbirth and related conditions), family responsibility (e.g. child care, elder care), nationality, ethnic or national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, civil partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, veteran’s status, genetic information, trade union membership, social position, political view or status as a qualified individual with a disability, protected leave status or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable law. The company also endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business and ensures that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.